Re: [RFC 2/3] mm: Add a new page flag PageLayzyFree() for MADV_FREE

[David Hildenbrand]

> Am 28.02.2020 um 04:38 schrieb Huang, Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> ïFrom: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Now !PageSwapBacked() is used as the flag for the pages freed lazily
> via MADV_FREE.  This isn't obvious enough.  So Dave suggested to add a
> new page flag for that to improve the code readability.

This patch subject and description is *really* confusing. Youâre adding a helper function, not a page flag. Itâs a fairly easy refactoring.

(Adding new page flags is close to impossible).

Cheers!